# US 11,308,766 B2 · Gaming system and method for providing awards based on accumulating symbols over a predefined quantity of card games played > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,308,766 B2 - Document ID: US11308766B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/547,223 - Filed: 2019-08-21 - Published: 2021-02-25 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-21 - Assignees: Igt - Applicants: Igt - Inventors: Bradford Brown; Anthony J. Baerlocher - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11308766B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/3293: {Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack} - G07F 17/3211: {Display means} - G07F 17/3258: {Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract Gaming systems and methods for providing one or more awards in association with the accumulation of designated playing cards during a playing card accumulation sequence including a predefined quantity of plays of a card game. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gaming system comprising: a processor; and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: for each of a plurality of non-designated plays of a poker game of a playing card accumulation sequence comprising a predefined quantity of plays of the poker game including a designated play of the poker game: at each of a plurality of playing card positions, cause a display, by a display device, of a playing card selected from a deck of playing cards, for each of the plurality of playing card positions, as a result of the displayed playing card at that playing card position being a designated playing card and no designated playing card being previously accumulated in association with that playing card position, accumulate the displayed designated playing card in association with that playing card position, determine any award for that non-designated play of the poker game, and cause a display, by the display device, of any determined award for that non-designated play of the poker game, wherein which of the plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence are non-designated plays of the poker game are predetermined prior to any of the predefined quantity of plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence, and for the designated play of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence comprising the predefined quantity of plays of the poker game: as a result of any designated playing cards being accumulated for the plurality of non-designated plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence, modify a parameter of the designated play of the poker game, at each of the plurality of playing card positions, cause a display, by the display device, of a playing card selected from the deck of playing cards, wherein at least one of the playing cards displayed at at least one of the playing card positions is based on the modified parameter of the designated play of the poker game, determine any award for the designated play of the poker game, and cause a display, by the display device, of any determined award for the designated play of the poker game, wherein which play of the poker game is the designated play of the poker game is predetermined prior to any of the predefined quantity of plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to modify the parameter of the designated play of the poker game by selecting one of the playing cards from the deck of playing cards based on a determination to maximize an expected value of the designated play of the poker game and the playing cards remaining in the deck of playing cards. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to modify the parameter of the designated play of the poker game by displaying a wild playing card at each playing card position associated with an accumulation of the designated playing card. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to disassociate any accumulated designated playing cards from any playing card positions after the designated play of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein when executed by the processor for each of the plurality of non-designated plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence, the instructions cause the processor to, for each of the plurality of playing card positions and as a result of the displayed playing card at that playing card position being the designated playing card and another designated playing card being previously accumulated in association with that playing card position, not accumulate the displayed designated playing card in association with that playing card position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein for each of the plurality of non-designated plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence, any award determined for that non-designated play of the poker game is not based on any designated playing card displayed at any playing card position for that non-designated play of the poker game. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of non-designated plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence and the designated play of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence are each associated with a first wager amount. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, further comprising an acceptor, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to, as a result of a physical item being received via the acceptor, modify a credit balance based on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, and as a result of a cashout input being received, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance. ### Claim 9 A gaming system comprising: a processor; and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: for each of a plurality of non-designated plays of a multiple hand poker game of a playing card accumulation sequence comprising a predefined quantity of plays of the multiple hand poker game including a designated play of the multiple hand poker game: cause a display, by a display device, of a first primary hand of playing cards comprising a playing card displayed at each of a plurality of playing card positions, for each of the plurality of playing card positions of the first primary hand of playing cards, as a result of the displayed playing card at that playing card position of the first primary hand of playing cards being a designated playing card and no designated playing card being previously accumulated in association with that playing card position, accumulate the displayed designated playing card in association with that playing card position, determine any award for the first primary hand of playing cards and a first secondary hand of playing cards of that non-designated play of the multiple hand poker game, the first secondary hand of playing cards comprising any held playing cards of the first primary hand of playing cards duplicated into the first secondary hand of playing cards, and cause a display, by the display device, of any determined award for the first primary hand of playing cards and the first secondary hand of playing cards of that non-designated play of the multiple hand poker game, wherein which of the plays of the multiple hand poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence are non-designated plays of the multiple hand poker game are predetermined prior to any of the predefined quantity of plays of the multiple hand poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence, and for the designated play of the multiple hand poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence comprising the predefined quantity of plays of the multiple hand poker game: as a result of any designated playing cards being accumulated for the plurality of non-designated plays of the multiple hand poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence, modify a parameter of the designated play of the multiple hand poker game, cause a display, by the display device, of a second primary hand of playing cards comprising a playing card displayed at each of the plurality of playing card positions, wherein a playing card of the second primary hand of playing cards is based on the modified parameter of the designated play of the multiple hand poker game, determine any award for the second primary hand of playing cards and a second secondary hand of playing cards of the designated play of the multiple hand poker game, the second secondary hand of playing cards comprising any held playing cards of the second primary hand of playing cards duplicated into the second secondary hand of playing cards, and cause a display, by the display device, of any determined award for the second primary hand of playing cards and the second secondary hand of playing cards of the designated play of the multiple hand poker game, wherein which play of the multiple hand poker game is the designated play of the multiple hand poker game is predetermined prior to any of the predefined quantity of plays of the multiple hand poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The gaming system of claim 9, wherein when executed by the processor for each of the plurality of non-designated plays of the multiple hand poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence and as a result of a display of the designated playing card at a first one of the plurality of playing card positions of the first primary hand, the instructions cause the processor to prevent any duplication of the designated playing card to any playing card positions of the first secondary hand that correspond to the first one of the plurality of playing card positions of the first primary hand. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The gaming system of claim 9, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to modify the parameter of the designated play of the multiple hand poker game by selecting one of the playing cards from a deck of playing cards based on a determination to maximize an expected value of the designated play of the multiple hand poker game and the playing cards remaining in the deck of playing cards. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The gaming system of claim 9, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to modify the parameter of the designated play of the poker game by displaying a wild playing card at each playing card position associated with an accumulation of the designated playing card. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The gaming system of claim 9, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to disassociate any accumulated designated playing cards from any playing card positions after the designated play of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence. ### Claim 14 A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising: for each of a plurality of non-designated plays of a poker game of a playing card accumulation sequence comprising a predefined quantity of plays of the poker game including a designated play of the poker game: displaying, by a display device and at each of a plurality of playing card positions, a playing card selected from a deck of playing cards, for each of the plurality of playing card positions, as a result of the displayed playing card displayed at that playing card position being a designated playing card and no designated playing card being previously accumulated in association with that playing card position, accumulating, by a processor, the displayed designated playing card in association with that playing card position, determining, by the processor, any award for that non-designated play of the poker game, and displaying, by the display device, any determined award for that non-designated play of the poker game, wherein which of the plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence are non-designated plays of the poker game are predetermined prior to any of the predefined quantity of plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence, and for the designated play of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence comprising the predefined quantity of plays of the poker game: as a result of any designated playing cards being accumulated for the plurality of non-designated plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence, modifying, by the processor, a parameter of the designated play of the poker game, displaying, by the display device and at each of the plurality of playing card positions, a playing card selected from the deck of playing cards, wherein at least one of the playing cards displayed at at least one of the playing card positions is based on the modified parameter of the designated play of the poker game, determining, by the processor, any award for the designated play of the poker game, and displaying, by the display device, any determined award for the designated play of the poker game, wherein which play of the poker game is the designated play of the poker game is predetermined prior to any of the predefined quantity of plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising modifying, by the processor, the parameter of the designated play of the poker game by selecting one of the playing cards from the deck of playing cards based on a determination to maximize an expected value of the designated play of the poker game and the playing cards remaining in the deck of playing cards. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising modifying, by the processor, the parameter of the designated play of the poker game by displaying a wild playing card at each playing card position associated with an accumulation of the designated playing card. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising disassociating, by the processor, any accumulated designated playing cards from any playing card positions after the designated play of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising, for each of the plurality of non-designated plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence and for each of the plurality of playing card positions, as a result of the displayed playing card at that playing card position being the designated playing card and another designated playing card being previously accumulated in association with that playing card position, not accumulating the displayed designated playing card in association with that playing card position. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein for each of the plurality of non-designated plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence, any award determined for that non-designated play of the poker game is not based on any designated playing card displayed at any playing card position for that non-designated play of the poker game. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of non-designated plays of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence and the designated play of the poker game of the playing card accumulation sequence are each associated with a first wager amount.